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>>627479
look like regular bulldogs to me. why not just get rabid foxes? pound for pound they are strong, but they still weight 20 pounds and are tiny.

just get a rot. rotweillers are the absolute most loving family dogs. but also the most fearsome attack dogs.

Don't ever get one without another dog to keep it company.

>>627480
So you're just rambling basically?

>>627494
This. But I tend to apply this to any dog that isn't a "one man" dog. Ive had two pit/lab mixs, 3 pits, an Amstaff, a few heelers, a Rott and a wolf hybrid. Any energetic breed or working dog needs a companion if yoy dont want them ti wreck your house while you are at work unless they are very well trained.I miss my am staff dearly and I wish I could have seen him grow up but he was stolen.

Keep in mind about half of these dogs were fosters, fwiw

>>627420
Hiking is really just walking, and you're going to get a lot of different answers as far as what a good gear-out is.

What's your distance? How often do you camp? What's your body weight? Do you stay in shape, and walk or jog in particular?

I'll type out my gear-out while you answer those.

>>627420
four day? I won't give you a list of supplies and such, but I can tell you that a 35L is generally considered an overnight bag. a four day trip you need a 45-60L. I suppose some of the ultralight guys might be able to tell you how to pack for 4 days in a 35L.

give /out/ some time, and you should get some pretty good comments on here.

>>627422

5'7, 180 lbs, and I am in pretty good shape considering the lack of exercise. I'm definitely making adjustments to the way I eat and I started a workout routine a few weeks ago.

I don't camp often anymore but when you live in the South, sleeping outside is a way of life. I guess I'm not wanting to go "hiking" so much as I want to walk a certain distance (maybe 10 or 15 miles), pitch a tent next to a water source, fish for some trout or the like, and dick around for four days. Probably smoke a lot of weed and read some good books.


>>627424

honestly wasn't even expecting two responses given them time it's been up.

What is your overall recommendation for a bag?

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=uk.co.ordnancesurvey.oslocate.android

>>627406
Maps.me is a pretty decent, free offline map/GPS option.

Any random copy of the army field guide. Not that it's a definitive work on the subject, but it's worth noting that if you start to panic, you'll forget basic survival skills, having them written down is a good idea. And if you haven't read it yet, do it thrice. Trust me, you want that information drilled in there. Wilderness survival is less about gear and gimmicks than it is about knowledge and improvisational skill.

>>627432

Hey neat. Too bad I'm in the US.

>>627447

Cool, checking it out now. Thank you friend.

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>>627388
Excuse me? Are you seriously going to just post this giant word wall thinking an implication of that magnitude could slip by undetected?

I will fight you in the forest you nikwillied penny licker. Robert is not my uncle.

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COMMIES GET OUT
SQUAAAAAAAAAAAWK

>>627388
when will stores begin to carry these? and my gear uses AA or AAAs

>>627370

Sometimes I think I do this just to spook the shit out of myself. I don't believe ghosts are real but junkie squatters sure are.

There's also a cold, stark, bleak beauty to ruins. So much angular, ice cold concrete and rusty metal. Scattered paper detritus here and there, the telltale accumulated filth of human activity

I don't really have any great stories except that once when I was geocaching, the cache turned out to be in a place like this. Inside was a chicken nugget with a small bite taken out of it

Who does that

>>627378
There are some old ruins near where I live, an old fort that's burnt out so there's only a few stone walls, nothing bigger then a small house, and an old church. The church has candles in it that have been used recently, it looks like it was set up for some kind of ritual.

>>627385

Oh. I am a materialist so stuff like that doesn't spook me.

>>627367
Really? Well, it's basically a Peltier chip with a water reservoir as a cooling system, so I'd remove everything except those two components, add a heat spreader to the other side to prevent burnout, and rebrand it as Powerpot (tm).

>>627392

I like the powerpot but have mixed feelings too

It's like cool, I can boil water and charge my phone over a regular camp fire. That's an improvement over the biolite already

But it doesn't take that long to boil water. Not long enough to charge a phone. Then I want to use that water for drinking or cooking but I can't until my phone's charged. It doesn't work nearly as well without the water to retain heat.

What I envision is something rod shaped, where you stick one end into the fire, and the other end is covered in radiator fins to dissipate heat. The peltier junction is between the two halves. The usb ports are in the far end.

If feasible designwise this would give you the benefits of turning your campfire into an electricity source without adding all the caveats of the powerpot and biolite which assume you'll also be doing other things, like boiling water for 5 hours or sitting there with your dink in your hand adding twigs to the biolite every 5 minutes and cleaning out the ashes

>>627401
You have to figure, though, that if it's hot enough to boil water, that it's going to overload the chip or melt the housing faster than a passively cooled heatsink can dissipate the heat, so you'd still need water, and in either case, you still have to have a fire, which isn't always allowed. Plus heatsink are frickin' heavy. Your best bet is to use the PowerPoint, and keep at least a sterno can, in case you can't have fires. Just keep water in it until it's nearly charged, and then start using it for cooking.

Or, get a medium sized solar charger. Mine is seven volts, and straps to the outside of my backpack, plus I don't need to stop and set up camp to use it.

>>627301
(name of state) school of mines.

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>>627301
Highest elevation 4-year school in the US.

Unity College in Unity, Maine.

>>627231
Generally speaking, crown berries, compound berries and anything that looks like a strawberry is edible.

But I'm only sure that that rule works in the US, no idea about Taiwan.

>>627239
Thanks... never seen blueberries in the wild. I left them alone and moved on. But man do they really stand out in a wall of green vegetation.

>>627231

Those are not blueberries.

>>627225
>American camping
>Marshmallows
>Tent three feet from car
>Can hear your neighbors snoring

As an American, I find this offensive. I'm going to assume it's bait, so... good job, you triggered me.

>>627275
Why are you triggered when this is in fact what 90% of tent campers and kids actually do? Did you not have a normal (white) childhood? This hasn't changed since the 70s when I was a kid

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>>627287
Maybe in Murica, not here in Finland.

>>627208
>>627208

Winter is the best time to bring food /out/, you can bring things and not need to refrigerate them.

My favorite is bacon scraps from the butchers. They are all fat and protean, and tasted great.

>>627260
Awesome! I hadn't though about being able to bring cold foods! I feel like an incredible idiot now, but I'm still excited. Thanks!

>>627260
What do you cook or eat with the bacon fat? Or are you some kind of Neanderthal?

Havalon

BKII.
You are welcome.

>>626745
Suitable for chopping wood etc? Only small pieces?

>>626684
Nothing wrong with steel toe, faggot.

>>626685
Are you fucking kidding me

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I see your steel-toed boots and raise you tabi. Tabi with steel toes and rubber soles.

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Any box will work as long as you geocatch it.
Bears dont use GPS

>>626606
OK, /b/tard, but I want something that meets the definition of the law and also the spirit of the law (like I don't want bears getting into my stuff).

>>626612
Most of the time they're talking about a bear cannister, but some areas also allow give gallon buckets with lids or yeti coolers.

A lot of parks also have food lockers at their campsites for campers to use.

Your best bet is to call ahead and ask the Rangers what qualifies for their area.

>>626414
72 hours? What is this, preschool? If there's water, bring a filter, otherwise bring clean water. Maybe a sleeping bag, tent and pad, if you're going comfort mode.

>>626414
A tarp, some cord, something to cut wood for fire, something to start the fire, something to boil water with OVER the fire so you can drink it and something to sleep on. You can survive without food for 3 days but essentially some stuff to snack on like jerky or nuts. That's all you need for 3 days to survive. Since that's what you wanted.

>>626431
Actually, let me stop being a dick for a minute and give you some DIY links to stuff you can save some cash on. Your budget is tight so i won't recommend brands. http://www.thesodacanstove.com/alcohol-stove/how-to-build.html

http://www.thesodacanstove.com/accessories/pot-support/

And what you were asking for but for whatever reason didn't google:
http://indefinitelywild.gizmodo.com/all-the-camping-gear-youll-ever-need-for-under-100-1616432918?trending_test_e&utm_expid=66866090-62.H_y_0o51QhmMY_tue7bevQ.5

Mind if I ask what you're troubles are that you need deer repellent? I'm guessing they're eating your garden up or using sidewalks like in some of the front range towns.

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>>626377
Blaze orange seems to be repeling them this year